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Houseboating on the Hawkesbury River on Channel 9's Getaway Program

by Kip Cole on Thursday, March 05, 2009 at 09:40 UTC

Channel 9 TV (Australia) featured houseboating on the Hawkesbury River this evening. Painted a pretty reasonable picture of the area. A long weekend on a houseboat in these parts is a good thing to do.

Tags: Brooklyn, Australia, television, river, tourism

Free Concert at Sydney Olympic Park

by Kip Cole on Sunday, March 01, 2009 at 03:42 UTC

ANZ Stadium at Sydney Olympic Park

Each year Sydney Olympic Park puts on a series of free concerts in the park opposite the main stadium. Last night was the last of the seasons concerts, an Eagles tribute evening. Presumably the real band wasn't available to do a free concert in Sydney last night. More…

Tags: Australia, park, night, music, Music

Old Wooden Piers

by Kip Cole on Thursday, February 05, 2009 at 22:46 UTC (1 comment)

Old Pier #1

Brackish water, tidal flow and the weather are not kind to infrastructure on the river. There have been houses here since at least 1902 and some of the piers look just as old. More…

Tags: Bar Point, Australia, wooden, pier, pattern

Light Show At The Other End of the Day

by Kip Cole on Thursday, February 05, 2009 at 22:42 UTC

Hawkesbury River Rays #1

The light is quite different in the evening. We face west and get the concentrated sun all summer's afternoon. Then as the sun fades behind the sandstone bluffs on the other side of the river nature often shows off a bit.

Tags: Bar Point, Australia, Hawkesbury River, sunset, evening

A Still Summer Morning on the River

by Kip Cole on Wednesday, February 04, 2009 at 23:10 UTC

Hawkesbury River Morning

Mid-summer, temperatures this week will get above 40 degrees centigrade in the west. A good time to live on a river. More…

Tags: Bar Point, Australia, river, morning

Smiley Moon At The Refuge

by Kip Cole on Monday, December 01, 2008 at 11:50 UTC (1 comment)

Smiley Moon #1

Tonight saw the rare configuration of a crescent moon with Jupiter and Venus forming the shape of a smiley icon, or a face in the sky. This doesn't happen often - the next time this will be seen in Australia is 2036.

Tags: Bar Point, Australia, moon

Walking Across the Sydney Harbour Bridge To Lunch

by Kip Cole on Friday, November 14, 2008 at 05:40 UTC (1 comment)

Sydney View from the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Great weather in Sydney at this time of year so lunch with a good friend also meant a good excuse to walk. I decided to start at Milson's Point on the north side of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and continue the 5 kilometres to lunch at Woolloomoolloo. More…

Tags: Sydney, Australia, Sydney Harbour Bridge, walking